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Keith Richards has eye operation on failing vision
by Tom Bryant, Daily Mirror 6/01/2012
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Keith Richards
He’s the most indestructible man in music having survived decades of drug abuse and even a brain haemorrhage.
But it seems the ravages of time have finally caught up with Keith Richards who has had eye surgery to correct his failing vision.
The legendary Rolling Stones guitarist had the treatment done at a London clinic before Christmas to celebrate his 68th birthday.
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It’s understood it took about 15 minutes and means he doesn’t need specs. The laser surgery uses reshapes the cornea surface.
A source said: “He’s music’s ultimate survivor but not even the seemingly immortal Keith Richards can stop the march of time. It was a harmless, quick procedure and he’s very happy with the results.”
A friend said Keef wore an eyepatch after the op, making him look like a character from film Pirates of the Caribbean which he starred in.
The rocker is no stranger to surgery. He had an operation for a fractured skull after falling out of a coconut tree on a 2006 holiday in Fiji. Richards gave up heroin in 1978 after being arrested five times but did not stop taking cocaine until the fall.
In his autobiography Life he puts the fact that he’s still alive down to his self-control even in his most hedonistic days.
He said: “I was very meticulous about how much I took. I’d never put more in to get a little higher. Maybe that’s a measure of control and maybe I’m rare in that respect.”
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